Adam Kovac is a staff reporter at the Forward, covering breaking news. He can be reached at kovac@forward.com or on Twitter as @AdamJKovac.
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By Adam Kovac
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Fast Forward Birthright participation drops 40% for summer of 2023
Organization cites higher costs costs for post-COVID travel as the reason for fewer spots on free trips to Israel
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Fast Forward On a New Jersey school board, a microcosm of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is brewing
A parent has taken legal action over a board member’s tweets
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News Report: Shireen Abu Akleh, who died a year ago, is one of 20 journalists whose deaths involve Israeli military
The Committee to Protect Journalists’ scathing report notes that not a single soldier has faced prosecution in any of these cases
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Fast Forward This Jewish doctor refused to sign a pledge opposing BDS — so he didn’t get paid
An Arkansas law requires anyone doing business with the state to promise not to boycott Israel
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News Stunning new fertility treatments are being developed. Would rabbis approve?
In-vitro gametogenesis turns skin cells into eggs. The Jewish take on reproductive tech can be surprisingly complicated
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Fast Forward There is no Hasidic ban on tech, but this sect is making an exception for AI
Skverer rabbis issued the decree, calling AI 'a terrible danger'
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News Jews are genetically prone to stomach problems. Scientists are starting to understand why
Researchers found eight genetic variations unique to Ashkenazi Jews that lead to diseases like Crohn’s and colitis
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Culture What happens when medical protocols collide with Jewish values?
A rabbi looks at brain death, COVID quandaries and more in a new book about bioethics
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